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Arthur Ernest Wicks
introduction arthur ernest wicks was a labour politician and the last chairman of the london county council. he was first elected to the shoreditch metropolitan borough council in the 1950s, and became chairman of housing at a time when shoreditch had one of england's highest concentrations of municipal housing. early life and career elected to the lcc for shoreditch and finsbury in 1952, he gave his time to housing and parks. county ha
ll, london, a labour stronghold since 1934, was a pioneering model for labour ideas and plans, including comprehensive education, school music, housing development and the establishment of the south bank complex. as lcc chairman from 1963 to 1965, arthur oversaw the transition in 1964 to the new greater london council. artistic interests although not a painter himself, wicks' family had connections to art. his son malcolm wicks was a l…